Pad for couches and the like



Sept. 5, 1933. E, w co 1,925,358

PAD FOR COUCHES AND THE LIKE Filed Sept. 10, 1932 Patented Sept. 5, 1933 PADliOR GOUCHES AND THE LIKE Edward Wittcofi, University City, Mo., assignor to Evr-Klean Seat Pad Company, St. Louis, Mo., a corporation of Missouri Application September '10, '1932 Serial No. 632,585

This invention relates to a certain new and useful improvement in pads for couches and the like and has for its chief object the provision of a simple, inexpensive, durable, flexible, readily portable, fibrous pad that may be conveniently and removably laid on a couch, bed, ground, or the like for comfort and coolness in resting or sleeping, which is equipped with an end-pocket for the optional insertion and use of a pillow, 10 and which may be compactly rolled or bundled to occupy small space for convenience in handling, storage, or transportation.

And with the above and other objects in view, r my invention resides in the novel features of form, construction, arrangement, and combination of parts presently described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing,-

Figure l is a plan view of a pad embodying my invention; a

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the pad;

Figure 3 is a plan View of the pad enclosed within a fabric covering;

Figure 4 is a side View of the pad-enclosing pouch or covering; and

Figure 5 is an end view of the covered or enclosed pad in rolled or bundled formation for convenient transportation and the like.

Referring now more in detail and by reference characters to the drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of my invention, the pad A includes a body-portion which is constructed substantially wholly of woven straw, matting,

, or other like or suitable porous fibrous material,

ably continuously along its margins equipped with a stitched binding 2 to prevent unravelling and to enhance the appearance of the pad. At

40 its one or'so-called upper end, the body 1 is folded over upon itself and the so folded over end or continuation of the body 1 is suitably stitched 'or otherwise secured to the body 1, as at 3, in

the formation of an open-side pocket 4 for removably accommodating a conventional sleeping pillow 5.

' As so constructed, the pad A may be readily which is of suitable elongated oblong rectangular contour or configuration, and which is prefer-' the pad A, the pad 'A is preferably equipped with a casing B constructed of any suitable readily washable flexible fabric. As best seen in Figure 3, the bag B is correspondingly dimensioned to more or less snugly encase the pad A and includes an upper or top member 6 preferably smooth and uninterrupted and devoid of seams or the like which might be uncomfortable to the body. At its upper end, the member 6 is provided preferably integrally with an extension or flap 7, which is folded under the member 6 and at its opposite sides marginally stitched -thereto, as at ,8, for

embracing the pocket 4 either when collapsed or flat in the absence of a pillow 5 or when expanded by an inserted pillow. In its lower porticn, the body 6 is laterally extendedto provide flaps 9, 9, which are folded under the body 6 and stitched together in approximately the longitu- B to provide a space or opening, as at 12, therebetween and the lower end of the extension or flap 7 to permit ready and convenient insertion thereinto and removal therefrom of the pad A,

cover for the pad, but also a sleeping or resting surface substantially equivalent to the now customary sheet. In addition, the bag B is readily rolled with its enclosed pad A into a compact. bundle, as seen'in Figure 5, and again provides a protection for the pad A in handling, storage,

transportation, and the like.

' The porous flexible light-in-weight matting structure of the pad A permits generally free circulation of air, ready rolling into compact form for convenient storage or transportation, easy washing for cleanliness and sanitation, and most facile handling.

It is also to. be observed that, while a pillow 5 is here shown as disposed in the pocket 4, the use of a pillow is entirely optional with the user,

human preference in the use of a pillow under the head when sleeping being variable, and in the absence of a pillow, the double thickness provided by the flap 7 at the upper end of the padmay be utilized forfincreasing the comfort to the sleepers head. In either such instance, however, whether with or without either a pillow or a cover, circulation of air through the extended pad A and under the sleepers body is not substantially impeded or interfered with.

Obviously various features and details herein disclosed may be modified, and it is hence to be understood that changes in the form, construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of the pad and its enclosing covering nfay be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,--

1. A combined enclosing-pouch and cover for a sleeping-pad comprising an upper member for overlying an enclosed pad, a flap extending from one end of said member, said flap being folded under said member at a point spaced from the end of, and on its opposite sides marginally stitched to, said member and additional flaps extended from the opposite lateral sides of said member and folded under, and stitched together longitudinally of, the member, said lateral flaps being spaced at their one margin from the attached end of the first flap for providing an opening for removable insertion of a' pad into the pouch.

2. A combined enclosing-pouch and cover for a sleeping-pad, the same being constructed of a single section of flexible material and integrally comprising an upper member for overlying an enclosed pad, a flap extending from one end of said member, said'flap being folded under said member at a point spaced from the end of, and onits opposite sides marginally stitched to, said member and additional flaps extended from the opposite lateral sides of said member and folded under, andstitched together longitudinally of, the member, said lateral flaps being spaced at their one margin from the attached end of the first flap for providing an opening for removable insertion of a pad into the pouch.

EDWARD WITTCOFF. 

